title: Calcified right atrial myxoma in an adolescent.
abstract: Images are presented of a 14-year-old patient with chest pain discovered to have a calcified mass overlying the cardiac silhouette on lateral chest radiograph. Further imaging led to a diagnosis of a right atrial myxoma, which was surgically excised. While cardiac neoplasms are typically diagnosed with advanced imaging, the tendency for myxomas to calcify may allow for detection on plain radiographs.
authors.affiliation: Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Scott L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Hyde M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lay
authors.forename: Carl L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Backer
keywords: atrium; calcification; cardiac tumor; imaging (all modalities); myxoma; pediatric